Why Yes, They Will Abuse That Power

August 26, 2013

Staff working at America’s National Security Agency — the eavesdropping unit that was revealed to have spied on millions of people — have used the technology to spy on their lovers.

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The employees even had a code name for the practice — “Love-int” — meaning the gathering of intelligence on their partners.

Bad for America, but good for National Review: Just a few issues ago, the regular Rob Long satire feature (The Long View) imagined a dweeby guy who ends up working as a contractor for the NSA and uses it to spy on, then throw himself at, a girl he remembers from high school. Rob Long is pretty funny, you should subscribe to National Review. Except it turns out not to have been a joke, exactly.